Activities of Bogdan Kazimierz MARCINKIEWICZ related to 2011/2068(INI)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on a resource-efficient Europe
Amendments (7)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses the importance of natural resource efficiency to achieving the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy; underlines the fact thatsignificance of decoupling real economic growth from resource consumption is essentialinefficient, environmentally harmful resource use to improve Europe’s industrial competitiveness and reduce its relativecurrent dependence on imported resourceaw materials;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Supports the Commission's idea of shifting taxation away from labour towards resource consumption; welcomes the intention to encourage Member States to phase out environmentally harmful subsidies (EHS), which should be achieved in way that doesn't harm EU's competitiveness and doesn't increase the risk of carbon leakage;
Amendment 28 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Highlights that many industry sectors, in particular those exposed to international competition have substantially increased the efficiency in using resources, mainly driven by enormous price increases; stresses, however, the fact that boosting resource efficiency requires a profoundfurther changes in consumption and production patterns, mainly achievable through new solutions for smart resource management; calls, therefore, for investment in product design, resource recycling and waste management, substitution and re-use;
Amendment 43 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 c (new)
Paragraph 4 c (new)
4c. Takes the view that natural materials, including enhanced wood and enhanced mineral materials, can be used successfully as substitutes for the building materials used today;
Amendment 52 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Believes that a greater effort should be made to develop existing resources in Europe, in particular minerals, metal and forestry resources in Europe; stresses northern Europe'timber as well as energy resources including fossil fuels; stresses Europe's indigenous potential to contribute to EU raw material needs and calls for the strategic and environmentally sound development and management of its resources;
Amendment 55 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Takes the view that the industries in the Member States ought increasingly to rely on domestic raw materials; points out that the management of domestic resources should ensure that they are not wasted and that they are used for the benefit of local communities, for example through tax revenue or jobs in raw material processing plants situated near the places in which they are used;
Amendment 57 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Underlines that to assure the mineral resources security for the Member States it is necessary to consider the basis of sustainable development through fossil fuels deposits protection, development of potential resources basis and the creation of proper policy for mineral resources exploitation;